Psalm 66

Stained glass of St. Brendan's Church in Bantry with an illustration of Psalms 66.2  EU , made around 1917 by James Watson & Co. in Youghal

The 66th psalm is a psalm from the second book of the psalter . According to the Greek count of the  Septuagint , which is also used by the Latin  Vulgate  , the psalm bears the number 65.

Content and structure

Originally the psalm was probably a liturgy or consisted of two separate songs. Accordingly, it can be divided into two parts. In the first part, all peoples are asked to thank God for the salvation that he has given his people. This first part can in turn be divided into two subsections. While verses 1-7 are performed by a choir, verses 8-12 are a song of the church. The second part is an individual's song of thanksgiving for salvation from a distress.

reception

The hymn Jauchzt, alle Lande, Gott in honor of Matthias Jorissen from 1798 is based on Psalm 66.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 66  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 66 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 66 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 66 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ David Lawrence: Gloine - Stained glass in the Church of Ireland. Retrieved March 5, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 712 f.